2014
Adam Kempenaar’s year in review
Highest rated films
Films by week
- 120 Films watched
- 10 Average per month
- 2.3 Average per week
Milestones
First Film

Jan 6
Most Watched

twice

twice

twice
Last Film

Dec 14
Genres, Countries & Languages
Breakdown
2014 Releases Older
Watches Re-watches
Reviewed Not Reviewed
Stars
Directors
Crew & Studios
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Producers
John Sloss 5.0
Jonathan Sehring 5.0
Bruce Toll 5.0
Charlie Kaufman 5.0
Erica Kay 5.0
Ray Angelic 5.0
Sidney Kimmel 5.0
Spike Jonze 5.0
William Horberg 5.0
Hans Prescher 5.0
Werner Herzog 5.0
Debbie Schwab 4.5
Emma Thomas 4.5
Jake Myers 4.5
Jordan Goldberg 4.5
Kip Thorne 4.5
Lynda Obst 4.5
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Writers
Charlie Kaufman 5.0
Werner Herzog 5.0
Jonathan Nolan 4.5
Damien Chazelle 4.5
Terence Winter 4.5
Gillian Flynn 4.5
Tom Schulman 4.5
Michel Faber 4.5
Walter Campbell 4.5
Thomas Pynchon 4.5
Gus Van Sant 4.5
Alan Uger 4.5
Andrew Bergman 4.5
Mel Brooks 4.5
Norman Steinberg 4.5
Richard Pryor 4.5
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Editors
Sandra Adair 5.0
Robert Frazen 5.0
Lee Smith 4.5
Tom Cross 4.5
Kirk Baxter 4.5
Paul Watts 4.5
Leslie Jones 4.5
Curtiss Clayton 4.5
John C. Howard 4.5
Chris Gill 4.5
Gerald Shepard 4.5
Toyo Suzuki 4.5
Errol Morris 4.5
Michael Taylor 4.5
Carin Besser 4.5
Tom Berninger 4.5
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Cinematography
Lee Daniel 5.0
Thomas Mauch 5.0
Shane F. Kelly 4.5
Sharone Meir 4.5
Rodrigo Prieto 4.5
John Seale 4.5
Daniel Landin 4.5
John J. Campbell 4.5
Joseph F. Biroc 4.5
Larry Smith 4.5
László Kovács 4.5
Kazuo Miyagawa 4.5
Ned Burgess 4.5
Tom Berninger 4.5
Frederick Elmes 4.3
Robert Elswit 4.2
Hong Kyung-pyo 4.0
Nicolas Bolduc 4.0
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Production Design
Gay Studebaker 5.0
Rodney Becker 5.0
Mark Friedberg 5.0
Nathan Crowley 4.5
Melanie Jones 4.5
Bob Shaw 4.5
Wendy Stites 4.5
Chris Oddy 4.5
David Brisbin 4.5
Mark Geraghty 4.5
Hideo Matsuyama 4.5
Amy Williams 4.5
Kevin Kavanaugh 4.0
Ondrej Nekvasil 4.0
Patrice Vermette 4.0
David Lynch 4.0
James Chinlund 4.0
Anton Furst 4.0
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Art Direction
Adam Stockhausen 5.0
Deborah Jensen 5.0
Kim Jennings 5.0
Mark Pollard 5.0
Agata Maliauka 4.5
David F. Klassen 4.5
Eggert Ketilsson 4.5
Eric Sundahl 4.5
Josh Lusby 4.5
Kendelle Elliott 4.5
Lauren Abiouness 4.5
Travis Witkowski 4.5
Hunter Brown 4.5
John Pollard 4.5
W. Steven Graham 4.5
Cara Brower 4.5
Dawn Swiderski 4.5
Emer O'Sullivan 4.5
Martin McNee 4.5
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Set Decoration
Lydia Marks 5.0
Andrew Birdzell 4.5
Helen Kozora 4.5
Jack Crowells 4.5
Martha Johnston 4.5
Noelle King 4.5
Paul Healy 4.5
Robert Woodruff 4.5
Sally Thornton 4.5
Karuna Karmarkar 4.5
Barbara Mesney 4.5
Douglas A. Mowat 4.5
Tim Croshaw 4.5
Amy Wells 4.5
Missy Stewart 4.5
Iwao Iwami 4.5
Kendall Anderson 4.5
Ernie Avila 4.0
Jane Wuu 4.0
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Visual Effects
Jesh Murthy 5.0
Paloma Añoveros 5.0
Roopesh Gujar 5.0
Scott Frankel 5.0
Glenn Allen 4.8
Mark Russell 4.5
John Bair 4.5
Renuka Ballal 4.5
Adam Broderick 4.5
Andrew Lockley 4.5
Ann Podlozny 4.5
Carl Fairweather 4.5
David Lowry 4.5
David Sanger 4.5
David Schott 4.5
Eliot Speed 4.5
Graeme Puttock 4.5
Ian Hunter 4.5
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Composers
Jon Brion 5.0
Popol Vuh 5.0
Hans Zimmer 4.5
Justin Hurwitz 4.5
Atticus Ross 4.5
Trent Reznor 4.5
Maurice Jarre 4.5
Mica Levi 4.5
Jonny Greenwood 4.5
Bill Stafford 4.5
John Morris 4.5
Patrick Cassidy 4.5
Takanobu Saitô 4.5
Dan Harberts 4.5
Aaron Dessner 4.5
Bryce Dessner 4.5
David Lynch 4.0
Danny Elfman 4.0
Jozef van Wissem 4.0
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Sound
Dror Gescheit 5.0
Bob Oliver 5.0
Herbert Prasch 5.0
Eugene Gearty 4.8
Philip Stockton 4.8
Gary Rizzo 4.5
Ken J. Johnson 4.5
Richard King 4.5
Ben Wilkins 4.5
Craig Mann 4.5
Lauren Hadaway 4.5
Malcolm Fife 4.5
Michael Semanick 4.5
Ren Klyce 4.5
Ed Downham 4.5
Johnnie Burn 4.5
Steve Browell 4.5
Bill Sheppard 4.5
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Costumes
John H. Smith 5.0
Kari Perkins 5.0
Lee Hunsaker 5.0
Stephany Baskin 5.0
Melissa Toth 5.0
Heather Moore 4.5
Kelly Porter 4.5
Leigh Bell 4.5
Lynda Foote 4.5
Mark Avery 4.5
Mary Hyde-Kerr 4.5
Mary Zophres 4.5
Sahar Halabi 4.5
Tom Cummins 4.5
Lisa Norcia 4.5
Cookie Lopez 4.5
David Davenport 4.5
Monica Russell 4.5
Nina Cinelli 4.5
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Make-Up
Naomi Donne 5.0
Kentaro Yano 4.5
Pearl Louie 4.5
Tammy Fox 4.5
Heather Plott 4.5
Nacoma Whobrey 4.5
Bridget O'Neill 4.5
Jill Astmann 4.5
Mary Anne Spano 4.5
Mindy Hall 4.5
Sian Grigg 4.5
Aurora Bergere 4.5
Kate Biscoe 4.5
Wanda Patterson 4.5
Helen Barrett 4.5
Gina Monaci 4.5
Takashi Makino 4.5
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Studios
IFC Films 5.0
Projective Testing Service 5.0
HR 5.0
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 5.0
Syncopy 4.5
Appian Way 4.5
Paramount Home Entertainment 4.5
Pacific Standard 4.5
JW Films 4.5
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